Born in
St Phillip,
Barbados, Daniel picked up cricket at a young age. Evolving into a hostile and muscular fast bowler, Daniel first toured England with the West Indies schoolboys team in 1974 and
Middlesex's Second XI in 1975. After such he made his
first-class debut for
Barbados in 1975/76. Daniel, in partnership with fellow fast bowlers
Michael Holding and
Andy Roberts, contributed greatly to the defeat of
England in
1976. Nicknamed "Diamond" or "Black Diamond", He took 867 wickets at an average of just 22.47 with a best of 9 for 61 against
Glamorgan in 1982. He also took another 362 wickets at an average of 18.16 in 241
one day games, including a then English domestic one day bowling record of seven wickets for twelve runs, for Middlesex against
Minor Counties East at Ipswich. He helped Middlesex to win the
County Championship outright in
1980,
1982 and
1985, and to share it with
Kent in
1977, and to win the
Gillette Cup in
1977 and
1980, the
Benson & Hedges Cup in
1983 and
1986, and the
1984 NatWest Trophy. Daniel also played for
Western Australia in the
Sheffield Shield 1981–82 season and for his native Barbados between 1976 and 1985. ==Style of play==